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Conferences

Increased responsivity pyroelectric radiometer with dome input and temperature control

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer, Jinan Zeng, Leonard M. Hanssen

Pyroelectric radiometers with noise-equivalent-power (NEP) close to 1 nW/Hz¿ have been developed to measure less than 1 microwatt radiant power levels at room...

Comparison of Au-In Transient Liquid Phase Bonding Designs for SiC Power Semiconductor Device Packaging

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Brian J. Grummel, Z. J. Shen, Allen R. Hefner Jr.

Transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding is an advanced die-attach technique for wide-bandgap power semiconductor and high-temperature packaging. TLP bonding...

Predicting Macroscopic Dynamics in Large Distributed Systems

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben

In this paper, we outline an approach that can be used to predict macroscopic dynamics when new components are deployed in a large distributed system. Our...

The Effect of Folding on the Mechanical Properties and Internal Structures of Fibers Used in Ballistic Applications

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Haruki Kobayashi, Walter G. McDonough, Hae-Jeong Lee, Jae H. Kim, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

The failure of a first responder's soft body armor (SBA) composed of poly (p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers has prompted researchers to assess the long...

A Statistical Analysis of Steel Truss Temperature Data Recorded During Fire Resistance Tests

July 15, 2011

Author(s)

Dilip K. Banerjee, Emil Simiu, John L. Gross, Raghu N. Kacker

The performance of composite floor steel trusses in fires is a function of the steel temperatures within the trusses. For any given specified fire and composite...

On the Security of Hash Functions Employing Blockcipher Postprocessing

July 14, 2011

Author(s)

Dong H. Chang, Mridul Nandi, Moti Yung

Analyzing desired generic properties of hash functions is an important current area in cryptography. For example, in Eurocrypt 2009, Dodis, Ristenpart and...

Seismic Assessment of a Steel Moment Frame Designed Per ASCE 7 with ASCE 41

July 13, 2011

Author(s)

Matthew S. Speicher, John L. Harris

Comparison of Gas Velocity Measurements and CFD Predictions in the Exhaust Duct of a Stationary Source

July 13, 2011

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, Olatunde B. Sanni, Elizabeth F. Moore, Robert P. Borthwick, Marco G. Fernandez, Iosif I. Shinder, Jiann C. Yang, Aaron N. Johnson

Two series of independent flow measurements were conducted for cross validation of flow velocity in the exhaust duct of the NIST Large Fire Laboratory. In the...

Dimensional Analysis of Through Silicon Vias Using the TSOM Method

July 12, 2011

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, Andrew Rudack

There is a great need for accurate, truly-3D metrology solutions that can be used for analysis of high aspect ratio features such as through-silicon-vias (TSVs)...

ACCELERATING STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS FOR THE SMART GRID

July 12, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Wollman

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has efforts underway to accelerate the international development of interoperability standards to...

How to measure the size of tumors: The RECIST standard vs. volumetrics

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine

Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumours (RECIST) proposed 1D criteria for determining if 3D tumors are growing malignantly. Here, the error introduced is...

USABILITY STANDARDS ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton

In 2005 the International Standards Organization published ISO/IEC 25062 Common Industry Format (CIF) for Usability Test Reports. This standard focused on...

Seismic Assessment of New Steel Buildings Designed Per ASCE 7 with ASCE 41

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

John L. Harris, Matthew S. Speicher

Fate of nanoparticles during life cycle of polymer nanocomposites

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Tinh Nguyen, Bastien T. Pellegrin, Coralie Bernard, Xiaohong Gu, Justin M. Gorham, Paul E. Stutzman, Deborah S. Jacobs, Walter E. Byrd, John W. Hettenhouser, Joannie W. Chin

Nanoparticles are increasingly used in consumer and structural polymeric products to enhance a variety of properties. Under the influences of environmental...

Robust Cross-Layer Network Optimization for Diverse QoS Requirements: Work in Progress

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

AbstractConventional approach to cross-layer network optimization assumes elastic users adjusting their bandwidth requirements in response to the resource...

Characterization of Nanoparticle Release from Polymer Nanocomposites Due to Fire

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Nasir M. Uddin, Marc R. Nyden, Rick D. Davis

Engineered nanoparticles, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs) are increasingly being used as fire retardants and performance additives in...

Automation Tools Supporting the Development of Information Standards for Complex Systems

July 5, 2011

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon, Arthur Griesser, Samuel Dana

As information systems continue to become more complex, the data standards to support them grow in complexity as well. To meet the needs of todays systems, not...

An Efficient Sensitivity Analysis Method for Large Cloud Simulations

July 4, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills

We describe Koala, an infrastructure Cloud simulator inspired by the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We conduct a sensitivity analysis of Koala, revealing...

Overall and Local Movement Speeds During Fire Drill Evacuations in Buildings up to 31 Stories

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins, Erica D. Kuligowski

The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stairwell during building evacuations is typically described by measureable...

IEEE TC-10: Update 2011

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Thomas E. Linnenbrink, W. B. Boyer, S. J. Tilden, Travis Ellis

There is a world-wide need to standardize terms, test methods, and the computation of performance parameters for devices that generate, measure, and analyze...

Model Based Enterprise for Manufacturing

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Simon P. Frechette

A Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) is an organization that applies modeling and simulation technologies to integrate and manage its technical and business processes...

Thermodynamic Evaluation of Hydrogen Absorption by Niobium During SRF Fabrication

June 30, 2011

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker, Ganapati R. Myneni

The properties and performance of the ultra high purity Nb used to fabricate superconducting radio frequency (SRF) particle accelerator cavities have been found...

Recent Developments in Millimeter and Submillimeter Metrology at NIST

June 30, 2011

Author(s)

Ronald A. Ginley

The millimeter and submillimeter frequency ranges are becoming very important to todays electronics, security and communication industries. NIST has undertaken...

IEA HPP Annex 36: Quality Installation / Quality Maintenance Sensitivity Analysis

June 27, 2011

Author(s)

Glenn Hourahan, Piotr A. Domanski, Van Baxter

The paper summarizes the goals and planned activities to be undertaken by the participants in Annex 36. Some background information and status of Annex work...

Understanding the Fire Hazards of Grouped Electrical Cables

June 26, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, David Stroup

CHRISTIFIRE (Cable Heat Release, Ignition, and Spread in Tray Installations during FIRE) is an Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES, US NRC) program to...

Who wrote What Where: Analyzing the content of human and automatic summaries

June 23, 2011

Author(s)

Karolina K. Owczarzak, Hoa T. Dang

Abstractive summarization has been a long-standing and long-term goal in automatic summarization, because systems that can generate abstracts demonstrate a...

An Analysis of the Performance of Smoke Alarms

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

Thomas G. Cleary

Test results from the NIST 2008 Smoke Alarm Sensitivity Study were used in a smoke alarm performance analysis to examine the effects of pre-movement time...

APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING TOOLS FOR THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Howard L. Joress, Joshua B. Martin, Yonggao Y. Yan, Jihui Yang, Makoto Otani, Evan L. Thomas, Martin L. Green, Jason Hattrick-Simpers

The increased research and development on thermoelectric materials in recent years has been driven primarily by the need for improved efficiency in the global...

Only non-informative Bayesian prior distributions agree with the GUM Type A evaluations of input quantities

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) is self-consistent when Bayesian statistics is used for the Type A evaluations and the standard...

PROFICIENCY TESTING IN U.S. STATE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LABORATORIES

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

Elizabeth Benham, Georgia L. Harris, Val R. Miller

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Weights and Measures Division (WMD) manages a program for State Weights and Measures laboratories that...

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